Kate Bryant is on the upside of the lowest point of her life. The successful completion of her cooking telethon is the recipe to a happy ending until a tasty chef threatens to upstage her plans. Cliff Roundtree had his eye on the future until his long-time lover skewered his heart. Quietly celebrating his first year as a restaurateur, his composure is shaken by the madcap appearance of Kate who stirs his passion for more than haute cuisine. Working together they find their personal agendas diverted by a scalding, sexually-charged hunger. Will their attraction collapse like a souffl pulled too quickly from the oven or set the pot to boiling?